Advancement & Alumni Affairs

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We are so proud of alumni accomplishments and their contributions to the field after graduation. Organized dentistry is one central way to provide governance to public health, promote the art and science of dentistry, and stay involved with colleagues.

Longtime faculty memberDr. Ron Milnarik, Clinical Assistant Professor, Endodontics, was honored by UIC Advancement and UIC Athletics by being chosen to be the Torch Bearer for the Lighting of the Flame at the Dec. 1 men’s basketball game between the UIC Flames and the Loyola Ramblers.

In November, #GivingTuesday closed at UIC with $140,012 in giving from 830 donors. The College of Dentistry was a key contributor to the campaign’s success, quintupling its giving numbers from last year as the College raised $24,190 from 54 donors—18% of the overall campus total of dollars raised, and the leading dollar total on campus.

CNN on April 13 reported findings of a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that the percentage of young people with dental cavities in the United States has dropped from 50% in 2012 to just over 43% in 2016, but that young members of minority communities continue to have the highest number of cavities, as well has the highest number of untreated cavities.

He earned his DMD from the UIC College of Dentistry in May, and Dr. Joseph Powers has decided to stay on, joining the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in Restorative Dentistry.

Dr. Powers’s top responsibility is the pre-clinical course with first-year dental students, “teaching them dental anatomy—wax-ups—occlusion, and the various procedures that a general dentist will perform,” he explained

Dr. Roshan Parikh, a 2008 alumnus of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, and his Chicagoland Smile Group team look at their Mission: Veteran Smiles initiative as a “moral obligation,” he said.

A significant IGNITE campaign gift from Dr. Ronald Milnarik, ’67, Loyola Endodontics ’75, Clinical Assistant Professor, Endodontics, and his wife, Pauline, has established the first endowed professorship in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Department of Endodontics: The Franklin S.

The long-term impact of private giving and the appreciation of recipients was on display recently when more than 30 alumni, faculty, residents, and staff of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Department of Periodontics joined with Dean Clark Stanford and other College administrators at a special dedication

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